verge

/vɜːdʒ/ noun [C]

Definition

› UK the edge of a road or path that is usually covered in grass

be on the verge of sth/doing sth › to be going to happen or to do something very soon: a company on the verge of financial disaster

(Definition of verge noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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